Originally Posted by
gijoe
You are possibly currently in receipt of it, and I enjoy it when I get it - but it is divisive and not needed. Bin it.
Bloke above now left - you could do worse than apply to the Medal Office yourself and they will (should!) know if the medal has been issued to your last unit. If not they will send it out.
Op Allowance also caused problems during the Corporate unpleasantness. I seem to remember getting 50 ppd. There were some RN assets detached from Gibraltar, they lost their Gib LOA and got the lesser 50p even though their families were still in Gib.